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  • Mitochondrial biology
  • Cancer therapy
  • Biomedical engineering

Background:

  • Mitochondria are crucial organelles and cancer therapeutic targets.
  • Understanding mitochondrial microenvironments is key to cancer therapy mechanisms.
  • Mitochondrial microenvironments under therapy are understudied.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To monitor mitochondrial microenvironments during photodynamic therapy (PDT).
  • To compare responses in different cell lines (HepG2, MCF-7, LO2).
  • To investigate changes in mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), reactive oxygen species (ROS), and intramitochondrial pH.

Main Methods:

  • Fluorescent imaging to monitor MMP and ROS.
  • Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) nanosensor for intramitochondrial pH.
  • Comparative analysis across three cell lines.

Main Results:

  • MMP decreases with increasing ROS generation.
  • Cancer cells show less response to excess ROS compared to normal cells.
  • Intramitochondrial pH initially decreases then increases with ROS.
  • LO2 cells exhibit higher self-adjustment ability.

Conclusions:

  • This study provides insights into mitochondrial targeting PDT mechanisms.
  • Findings aid in understanding cancer cell responses to therapy.
  • Results may improve cancer diagnosis and therapy efficiency based on mitochondrial microenvironments.